Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1887-01-24
INTERSTATE COMMERCE..
Provisions of the Hill just Passed b


Provisions OF the Hill just Passed by
Congress-.
Washing ton, jan. 2I-The Interstate
commerce bill. as agreed upon by both
houses of congress, makes it unlawful
for aay common carrier subject to the
provisions of this act to charge orreceive
from any person or persons greater or
less compensation for any service rend-
cred In the transportation OF passengers
or property than it charges or receives
from any other person or persons for
doing o like service under substantially
similar circumstances and condltions:
makes it unlawful for any common
carrier to make or give 8ny undue or
unreasonable preference or advantage
Ito any particular person, company, firm,
corporation, Or locality, or any particular
description OF traffic, and provides that
every common carrier shall, according to
their respective powers, afford all reason
able, proper and equal facilities for the
interchange of traffic between their re-
speotive lines. 1t provides
that it shall be unlawful
for any common carrier sub
ieot to the provision ofthis act to charge
or receive any greater compensation in
the aggregate for the transmission of
passengers or of like kind of property,
under substantially similar circumstance
es and conditions, for Is shorter than for
a longer distance, over the same line, in
the same direction, the shorter being
included within the longer distance; but
this shall not be construed as authoriz-
ing any common carrier, within the
terms of this act, to charge and receive
as great compensation for shorter as
for longer distance, provided, however,
that, upon application to the commls-
sion appointed under the provisions OF
this act, such common carrier may in
special cases. after investigation by the
commission, be authorized to charge less
for longer than for 10 shorter distance
for the transportation of passengers or
property, and the commission may, from
time to time, prescribe the extent to
| which such designated common
| carriers may be relieved from the
&cs. That it shall be unlawful
for any common carrier to enter into
any combination with any other COM
mon carrier or carriers, for the pooling
of frelghts of different or competing
railroads, or to divide between them the
aggregate or net proceeds of the earn
| ings of such railroads or any portion
thereof, and in any case il an agreement
tor the pooling of freiRhts as aforesaid,
| each day of Its continuance shall be
| deemed separate offense. That after
ninety days from the passage of this act,
every common carrier subject to it's
! PROV lions staii have printed and keep
for public inspection schedules showing
| rates, fares and charges shall not be
raised except after ten days of public
notice, but that they may be reduced
without previous public notice. That
il shall be unlawful for any common
carrier to enter into any combination
or agreement to prevent the carriage OF
freights from being continuous from the
place of Shipment to the place of des-
tination. 1t declares that any common
carrier violating the provisions of the
aot shall be liable for the full amount oi
damages sustained, together with reason.
able counsel and attorneys fees. 1t is
made penal ofense to violate any OF
the provisions of this act, the maximum
fine being $4,000. The bill provides for
o commission to consist of five persons,
| whose terms Of Office shall be for six
years, except for the first appointments
| which are TO be for two. three, four, FIVE
and six years. The members of this
commission are to be appointed by the
president, by and with the advice and
/ consent Of the senate. Their principal
office shall be in Washington, but they
may hold sessions in other placea thar
| Washington, and single member oi
the commission may take testimony
any ywhere, as may be directed by the
commission. The commissioners have
salaries of 81, 500 each. The commission
er has power to appoint secretary with
an annual salary of $500, and hal
authority to employ and fix the compen
sation OF such other employees as it may
be found neaessary to proper per
formance of its duties, subject to thu
approval OF the secretary of the interior
The bill appropriates 100000 for th'
purposes of this act, for the fiscal yea
ending June 30. 1888,
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